Yay (could not find or read package)

pacman41 · 2022-11-19 07:07:59

I keep getting error: could not set install reason for package package-name (could not find or read package) when trying to install any package from the AUR. Tried -Syu and -Syyu with no success. Any ideas?

jasonwryan · 2022-11-19 07:15:41

Learn how the AUR works with native tooling before relying on helpers.

WorMzy · 2022-11-19 11:18:16

Mod note: not an installation issue, moving to AUR Issues.

raphii · 2022-11-19 21:04:40

i've got the same issue on my new install today.

i ran

sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

to reinstall yay, which fixed it for me
hope this helps you

Last edited by raphii (2022-11-19 21:07:02)

Trilby · 2022-11-19 21:52:14

There is no way that that set of commands was the solution to "the same issue". If you didn't have yay installed you didn't have a problem running yay. And in any case, the solution here is first to stop using yay - so commands to install it are not a step in that direction.

raphii · 2022-11-19 22:29:56

i know what my mistake was.

i follow the tutorial at https://www.tecmint.com/install-yay-aur … d-manjaro/
which installed "yay-git" - maybe there is something broken

with this version of yay, i indeed had exactly that issue, that all packages from aur wont build/install

the command in my last post was directly from the git repo/readme at https://github.com/Jguer/yay
which installs "yay"

Last edited by raphii (2022-11-19 22:30:20)

jasonwryan · 2022-11-19 23:50:48

raphii wrote:

i know what my mistake was.
Rather than read the excellent community provided documentation on the wiki, I read some stupid blog post on a clickbait site and wondered why shit wouldn't work...

FTFY.

Roken · 2022-11-20 08:08:24

Oh dear. Why follow an online tutorial that says usage of yay includes running with sudo, when yay itself tells you not to do that. such a fundamental error should steer you far away from their guidance.

Trilby · 2022-11-20 14:02:44

Roken wrote:

Oh dear. Why follow an online tutorial that says usage of yay ~~includes running with sudo, when yay itself tells you not to do that~~. such a fundamental error should steer you far away from their guidance.

FTFY also.

Last edited by Trilby (2022-11-20 14:03:41)

ChineseSausage · 2022-11-23 06:49:30

Not exactly a mistake, however the issue ocurred with the latest 'yay-git' update. Switched too to 'yay' manually and that did it. Fixed.

raphii wrote:

i know what my mistake was.
i follow the tutorial at https://www.tecmint.com/install-yay-aur … d-manjaro/
which installed "yay-git" - maybe there is something broken
with this version of yay, i indeed had exactly that issue, that all packages from aur wont build/install
the command in my last post was directly from the git repo/readme at https://github.com/Jguer/yay
which installs "yay"

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Yay (could not find or read package)

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